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HCTOLERAWCE A WALLOP AT REFORMERS
A CHARITY A SCENIC SENSAHOff
HM. COCHRAN
the ITiwi L'teer of the
dewx into the
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sgiag. are hHfai h a ffesae
ffar of the fovr greatest of
mH mmmy. Tfcfe ffay is "fcnioier
aaae," a DgctM Waric Gcflfak preiac-
eir iimriniMiL at the Cafoaial
theater. JtistratheBMweader
ftaMl speetaeaiar afeat draaet of
taring, Jaagfrcer, adveacare, love aad
hm bet met feast, imlwl, that the
Tie "eoaang-oat" party of "hrtet
mT took jfece Tuesday night,
aoM jirigiag,' frotiK way tfe Mtiol
awwfcjux took it, the ywimttiom. fe M
Mr$oedL
The theme of tie pfey is (oU M
rjih ttie atones wMA scretck
back feces the preseat time over eea-
laraes mkk to Jerasaient 27 A. IX,
to Praaee hi the times of Catherine
de Medfei, 1572 A. D aad to Baby
lon, 33 B.C.
The modern story shows bow it is
po softie foe men an women pretend
ing pWHntiiropy to really work in
Jary and misery to their f efiows. Tie
fef Mgttres, The Boy (Robert Har
tob) and The Dear One (Mae Marsh)
are drawn into tie maefetroavof a
great strike.
Tie strike is the result of a cat in
"wages. The mflhonaire employer
orders this cat in order to furnish
inads to a so-called reform organiza
tion, A "Committee of Seventeen'
,( which looks rery much Hke a clever
take-off on Chicago's famous Com
mittee of Fifteen) gets its bands on.
the wage-eut money and does more
harm than good for humanity, which.
so often the case with reformers
aad the charitable organizations.
The Boy, The Dear One, and The
Friendless One, go to the city, as a
result of the strike. The Boy is led
into a vicious Mfe but in the end Is
redeemed by the perfect lore of The
Dear One. Tfce Friendless One meets
ice
hx the second tale yon dee the
of Men, the hamMe Xazareae,
Jag aad teaching among IBs
To see Han fall beneath the huh of
JTomaa soldiery, and last 70s 1
perish on the Cross of Calvary.
ht the third story yon see the man
nincence of the court of Chattels,
the festivities hi the streets Obese
in honor of the betrothal of theCafii-
oac Princess, Marguerite of
aad the Protestant prince,
Xavnrre. A lore story
Brown Eyes and her s
hghtly through this story
massacre scene which:
TTSWotfC.
reethenEtjaafe
The fourth story is jU l at la
Babylon, at the time TTi li liawai.Thi
Golden Prince, was ruing for Jas
father, Kabonidus. In this scene jhe
Princess Beloved and the Movant
Giri are both in lore with TTrlnliiiaar
Yob are shown the Feast of BeMhan
zarand the hordes of Cyrus the Grant
sweep over the plains of the hjk
pnrates with thousands of charJolk
to battle at the gates of Bsbynw.
The scenes of this battle are nrda
ably the most terrible, yet most worn
derful of an moving picture scenelL
Mighty walls, towering three hun
dred feet in the air are packed with
men fighting "to the death" with im
plements of olden time warfare;
burning oil, spears, huge boulders
and moving towers.
And on the lighter side of this
scene there are dancing maidens with
little more on than a smile; thou
sands of wonderful costumes of olden
times, and a run nf norfon tnm
throughout.
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The scenes in the modern end of